Carum.'] LXX. UMBELLIFERJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 681 



o~^ in., unequal. Fruit - in., yellowish-brown, almost viscid ; carpels terete 

 narrowed upwards, primary ridges thin but very distinct ; vittae solitary, rather 

 large ; carpophore entire, or shortly 2-fid. C. meifolium, Bieb. Boiss. Fl. Orient, dif- 

 fers by its lower leaves with linear segments, its more numerous bracts ; but is 

 perhaps hardly distinguishable. Caraway. 



2. C. ? diversifolium, C. B. Clarke ; upper leaves 3-partite, pinnae 

 narrow-oblong or linear entire, fruit elliptic-oblong prominently ridged. Sison 

 diversifolium, Wall. Cat. 592. Falcaria? diversifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. 110. 



NIPA-L; Wallich. 



Glabrous. Stem 3 ft. or more, much branched, sparingly leafy upwards, Leaves 

 2-3 in.; pinnae f by ^ in., acute, or in the upper leaves often linear. Bracts 1-3, 

 | in. linear or 0; bracteoles 0-5, in., linear; rays 8-14; pedicels numerous. 

 Flowers minute, all fertile. Calyx-teeth 0. Petals obovate, slightly emarginate. 

 Styles somewhat long on conical style-bases. Fruit immature, -| in., nearly terete, 

 probably resembling that of <7. Carui, but may become broad at the commissure 

 when it may be referable to Fosniculum. 



3. C. nothum, C. B. Clarke ; ultimate segments of all the leaves short 

 linear, bracteoles 4-5 linear-oblong exceeding the pedicels, fruit nearly as in 

 C. Carui. 



CEYLON ? . 



Glabrous. Stem 4-5 in., erect, branched. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, finely dissected ; 

 ultimate segments in.", somewhat distant and rigid. Bracts 4-5, 3- in., very nar- 

 rowly oblong, subobtuse; rays 3-7, 1-1 j in.; pedicels 3-8, rarely attaining \ in. 

 Calyx-teeth minute. Fruit rather more strongly ribbed than that of C. Carui, less 

 narrowed upwards ; carpophore 2 -partite. There is little doubt regarding the genus 

 of this plant, it having been originally referred to Ptychotis by Sir J. D. H. and 

 . having been again dissected by Bentham and marked Carum. The doubt is as to 

 its birth-place ; it is marked " Ceylon," but not on an original ticket, and there is no 

 collector's name. Its aspect is Alpine Himalayan, not at all Cinghalese. There is 

 another small specimen collected by T. Lobb in Mysore that seems the same thing. 



4. C. Bulbocastaxmm, G. D. J. Koch in Nov. Act. Acad. Ctes. Leop. 

 1825, 121 ; ultimate segments of all the leaves linear, bracteoles 0-8 linear, fruit 

 oblong not narrowed upwards. DC. Prodr. iv. 115. Bunium Bulbocastanum, 

 Linn. 



KASHMIR, alt. 6000-9000 ft. ; Jacquemont, &c. DISTEIB. Beloochistan, N. Asia, 

 Europe, N. Africa. 



Glabrous. Boot tuberous. Stem 6-30 in., erect, branched. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, 

 finely dissected, ultimate segments of the lower often ^-1 in., of the upper leaves very 

 narrow. Bracts 0, or several, linear, sometimes divided ; rays 6-16, 1 in. ; pedicels 

 10-15, !"! in. Fruit | in., yellowish-brown, almost viscid ; carpels exactly oblong, 

 hardly widened at the middle, semi-terete, dorsally subcompres,sed ; ridges thin, 

 distinct ; vittae solitary, rather large. 



5. C. stictocarpum, C. B. Clarke ; ultimate segments of the lower 

 cauline leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate, bracteoles 4-8 linear-lanceolate with 

 scarious ciliate margins, fruit shining minutely pubero-puuctate. Ptychotis 

 sp. 3, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



CONCAN ; Stocks, Law. 



Glabrous or minutely hairy. Hoot fusiform. Stem 1-3 ft., erect, much branched. 

 Leaves 2-pinnate, ultimate segments often 1 by ~ in., upper often with linear seg- 

 ments. Bracts 3-6, ~-g in., nearly linear: bracteoles in.; rays 6-12, ^2 in., 

 equal, slender ; pedicels 8-20, ^- in. Ovary minutely pubero-pubescent. Fruit 



